A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Stories, poems, essays, and drawings created by students at the Mt. Olive, Mississippi freedom school.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jim Ivey. In the background of the cartoon, a U.S. soldier holding a rifle with bayonet makes his way through jungle foliage. In the foreground, a rifle with smoke rising from the barrel is...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 27, 2005 with Pamela L. Berry, a nurse who lived and worked in Biloxi a few days per week. She describes the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and her experience in the hospital immediately afterward.
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 2, 1981 with Mrs. Irene Napier at her home in Mount Olive, Mississippi. Napier was born on December 21, 1917 at Mount Olive in Covington, Mississippi. After having studied two years at Jones County...
Oral history.; Reese Harris Snell was born on December 20, 1924, in Meridian, Mississippi. He graduated from Meridian High School and joined the Army after graduation. Mr. Snell served overseas with the 85th Infantry Division and received a Bronze...
Oral history.; Zella McNair Weathersby was born January 1, 1929, in Mt. Olive, Mississippi. Mrs. Weathersby graduated from high school from Depriest (now known as Earl Travillion) in Hattiesburg. She attended Jackson State College and later did...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two doors in a hallway are labeled "Mayor" and "Council." A box between the doors with illustrations of olive branch, dove, and flowers indicates peaceful communication between the two...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Mideast peace" rides a camel in the desert. He is dressed as an explorer (khaki shorts, pith helmet). His helmet has an olive branch on it, and he has his hand up...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A dove labeled "Peace hopes" carries an olive branch in its beak and stands on a round table in a room while looking up. The table has a sign that reads, "Paris talks" and is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter, Anwar Sadat, and Menachim Begin stand together holding a large net labeled, "Will-o-the-wisp." In the net is a large dove with an olive branch in its beak. The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A jpassenger jet labeled, "Mideast peace lines" is under fire. An olive branch symbol is also on the plane. Patches on the wings show repairs, and other areas show new damage....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A dove has flown into a room through an open window and landed on a table. In its beak are an olive branch and a note that reads, "U.S. political parties want peace but stand on...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The footboard of a bedstead is labeled, "Vietnam controversy." In the bed are four figures, from left to right: a donkey in pajamas, a hawk with a rocket in its beak, a dove...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer. A dove carrying an olive branch in its beak coughs as it flies past mushroom clouds of smoke labeled "Inflammatory rhetoric." The clouds have been generated from the bodies...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Noah is standing on the deck of the ark which is labeled, "World peace," and he is watching as the dove flies back looking sad and without an olive branch. Rain is falling all...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. This cartoon parodies the United Nations symbol, which is a view of the continents seen from above the North Pole, with the globe wreathed by olive branches. Here, the countries...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Wayne Stayskal. A number of miniature missiles speed through an open doorway. The missiles have knocked the door knob off the front of the door. An ornate window set into the door features a...
